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GETTING STARTED WITH SKETCHNOTING
Michele Ide-Smith
Senior UX Architect, University of Cambridge
@micheleidesmith
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About me
• User Experience Designer
based in Cambridge
• Sketchnoting since
November 2011
• Co-organiser of Cambridge
Usability Group talks
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Workshop plan • What is sketchnoting? (5 m)
• Why do sketchnotes? (5 m)
• How to create a sketchnote (30 m)
• Let’s sketch! (15 m)
• Sketch review (15 m)
• Top tips (5 m)
• Resources (5 m)
• Questions (10 m)
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WHAT IS SKETCHNOTING?
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What is sketchnoting?
A way to capture notes visually
Illustration by Mike Rohde from The Sketchnote Handbook (Peachpit)
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Lots of different styles…
Carolyn Sewell flickr.com/photos/pedestriantype
Mike Rohde flickr.com/photos/rohdesign
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Lots of different styles…
agent.fin flickr.com/photos/agentfin
Eva-Lotta Lam flickr.com/photos/evalottchen
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Lots of different styles…
Francis Rowland flickr.com/photos/francisrowland
Gerren Lamson flickr.com/photos/25552033@N06
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Lots of different styles…
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Amanda Wright flickr.com/photos/yahnyinlondon
turnleftisthehome flickr.com/photos/25552033@N06
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Discover your own style!
Michele Ide-Smith flickr.com/photos/micheleidesmith
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It’s not just for talks…
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Christian Frey http://christianfrey.ca
Matthew Magain uxmastery.com
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WHY DO SKETCHNOTING?
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Learning & Memory
Paivio’s ‘Dual Coding Theory’
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Skills & Confidence
Explore design problems Communicate and
collaborate with your team
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Enjoyment!
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Be better than @markdalgarno !
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GETTING STARTED
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Tools of the trade
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At the event
• Get a good seat with a clear view
• Have your pens handy (it’s distracting for
others if you scrabble around in your bag!)
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Listening and live sketching • Listen for key points you’ll want to re-visit*
• Great quotes? What would you tweet?
• What metaphors and images pop into your head? Don’t be afraid to try sketching them.
• Don’t stress if you don’t catch everything! The speaker will probably upload their slides.
*a good speaker lays out the structure of their talk at the start
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Slides are visual
• Speaker slides provide rich visual imagery
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Structure
Path Molecule Grid Vertical Clouds
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Visual Design Principles
• Contrast
• Repetition
• Alignment
• Proximity
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Visual Design Principles
• Contrast
• Repetition
• Alignment
• Proximity
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Make the Talk title pop out
• Do the title up front, or leave space to
complete it after the talk
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Francis Rowland flickr.com/photos/francisrowland
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Drawing People
Lo-fidelity Hi(gher)-fidelity
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Shape, size, expression
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Different body sizes Expressive
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Activities and Motion
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Detail and character
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Activity!
• Draw a stick person’s body using these
basic shapes in 1 minute:
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Speaker portraits
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Francis Rowland flickr.com/photos/francisrowland
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Speaker portraits • Find an image of the speaker in Google
images, Twitter or on the event website
• Speakers are *generally* very forgiving!
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Some Tips for Drawing Faces
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Facial expressions
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Happy Miserable Delighted
Angry Surprised Worried
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Activity!
• Create these expressions in 2 minutes:
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Angry Surprised Happy
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Objects
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Activity!
• Draw 3 objects in 5 minutes
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Chair Toaster Smart Phone
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Containers
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Activity!
• Draw a ribbon banner
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Dividers & Connectors
Horizontal Curves
Shading adds emphasis
Connectors
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Typography
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Use size And weight to denote hierarchy
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Mike Rohde flickr.com/photos/rohdesign
Gerren Lamson flickr.com/photos/25552033@N06
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Practise drawing type faces
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Activity!
• Draw a script font in 5 minutes:
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Shading and Colour
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Mistakes happen…
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• Use shading or
turn the mistake
into something
else, e.g. a badly
drawn neck
became a scarf!
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Mistakes happen…
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• If it’s not easy to
recover, scan your
notes and fix the
problem in
Photoshop e.g. if
you get the
speaker’s points in
the wrong order.
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TIME TO SKETCH!
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Activity!
• It’s your turn to create a sketchnote!
• Let’s watch a short TED talk (6 m 51 s)
• Listen for key quotes & important ideas
Tom Wujec – Build a Tower, Build a Team
www.ted.com/talks/tom_wujec_build_a_tower.html
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Add some Finishing Touches!
Add colour & shading (I Promarkers!)
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Sketch Review
• Post your sketches up on the wall
• Present your sketch to the group
– What do you like?
– What don’t you like?
– What did you learn?
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Share Your Sketchnotes!
Take a picture, or
scan your notes
Then share with people at the
event, or those tracking
remotely!
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Sketchnote Communities
• sketchnotearmy.com
• flickr.com/groups/sketchnotes/
• flickr.com/groups/thesketchnotehandbook
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Top 10 Tips 1. Practise often! TED & UX talks, Vimeo,
YouTube and Meet Ups
2. Always take a sketchbook & pens to events
3. Add title & speaker name before the talk, or leave space to complete them later
4. Think like a designer – CRAP! (Contrast, Repetition, Alignment and Proximity)
5. Don’t panic if you miss something! Transcribe 2-3 words, leave space & refer to slides later
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Top 10 Tips 6. Watch the time & space you have left
7. Use shading to turn mistakes into something else (or scan & edit in Photoshop!)
8. Add event name & Twitter handle
9. Don’t use reverse of pages & add a blank sheet between pages (prevent bleed through)
10.Relax, be creative & above all, enjoy yourself!
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Useful Stuff!
rohdesign.com/book
uxmastery.com/sketchnoting-101-how-to-create-
awesome-visual-notes
slideshare.net/jalderman/practical-sketchnoting
sunnibrown.com/doodlerevolution
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Get in touch!
@micheleidesmith
www.ide-smith.co.uk